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[ December 24, 2025 ] Claiming it has more experience now, agency wants to raise threshold of bank size for ‘heightened standards’ OCC
[ December 24, 2025 ] 4 more regs tapped for removal or revision at NCUA; comments due Feb. 27 NCUA
[ December 22, 2025 ] 3 CFPB records systems under revision to allow Treasury payments screening access CFPB
[ December 22, 2025 ] Treasury, FinCEN target scores of MSBs along southern border for alleged money laundering activity Federal financial regulation
[ December 19, 2025 ] Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds The Fed

New Consumer Bureau director will launch ‘listening tour’; vows to use enforcement powers

December 11, 2018 0

The newly installed director of the federal consumer financial protection agency will launch a three-month “listening tour” and will work on finding the balance between career and political staff at the agency, she told reporters […]

UPDATED: ‘No-action’ letter, ‘reg sandbox’ proposals draw fast criticism from incoming Democrat

December 11, 2018 0

A proposal to establish a “regulatory sandbox” encouraging banks to test new, innovative financial products as part of changes to the “no-action letter policy” has drawn sharp criticism from the Democrat poised to take over […]

Kraninger sworn in as 3rd director of BCFP

December 10, 2018 0

The federal consumer financial protection agency officially has a new director, as Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger was sworn in Monday evening; she was confirmed to serve a five-year term by the Senate Thursday. Vice President Mike […]

Proposal for Reg CC inflation adjustments in Federal Register

December 10, 2018 0

A proposed rule change to adjust funds-availability amounts for inflation every five years, announced in November, is in Monday’s Federal Register with a comment period that ends Feb. 8. Announced jointly by the Federal Reserve Board […]

Bureau releases 2018 financial education report

December 7, 2018 0

Providing financial education directly to the public, and expanding local delivery of financial information, are two goals of the federal consumer financial protection agency that are outlined in its report on financial literacy, made public […]

No fines for State Farm over FCRA credit report violations

December 7, 2018 0

The federal consumer protection bureau imposed no civil money penalties against the $17 billion-asset State Farm Bank in a consent order filed to resolve previous violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA, Regulation V), […]

NV firm that misled veterans would pay $268K in redress, $260K CMP under proposed bureau order

December 7, 2018 0

A federal court has been asked to impose monetary penalties – $268,869 in redress to consumers plus a civil money penalty (CMP) of $260,000 – against a Nevada-based nonbank mortgage company that reportedly misled veterans […]

Kraninger, by Senate’s 50-49 vote, confirmed as BCFP director

December 6, 2018 0

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as CFPB), paving the way for Kraninger’s installment at the […]

Mulvaney: ‘Not involved’ in Kraninger’s selection as successor in leading BCFP

December 6, 2018 0

The outgoing, acting director of the federal consumer financial protection agency said Thursday he was not involved in the selection of his successor as permanent director, who was confirmed by the Senate the same day. […]

Agency lists first ‘no action’ letter as highlight in last year’s fair lending enforcement

December 6, 2018 0

The first “no-action” letter issued by the federal consumer financial protection agency last year is listed as one of the highlights of the agency’s efforts in fair lending enforcement, according to a report dated Tuesday. […]

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Claiming it has more experience now, agency wants to raise threshold of bank size for ‘heightened standards’

December 24, 2025 0

Only the very largest banks – those with $700 billion in assets or more – would be subject to “heightened standards” for gauging threats to the financial system under a proposal issued Tuesday by the national bank regulator. The Office [...]
4 more regs tapped for removal or revision at NCUA; comments due Feb. 27

December 24, 2025 0

The second round of the federal credit union regulator’s “deregulation project” was released this week, with four of the agency’s rules proposed for either deletion or revision. The National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) deregulation project is being rolled out in [...]
3 CFPB records systems under revision to allow Treasury payments screening access

December 22, 2025 0

Three notices of records system modifications by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) would implement a March White House executive order that gives Treasury screening authority over payments by federal agencies. The notices, published Monday in the Federal Register and [...]
Treasury, FinCEN target scores of MSBs along southern border for alleged money laundering activity

December 22, 2025 0

Money services businesses (MSBs) operating along the southwest border of the country are the target of a new effort by the Treasury and its financial crimes enforcement unit to unearth alleged money laundering activity, the agencies said Monday. The Treasury [...]
Debit, prepaid card transactions slowed down in 2021-23 – but interchange fees grew, Fed report finds

December 19, 2025 0

Debit and general-use prepaid card transactions grew at a slower rate in the period 2021-23 than previous periods, the Federal Reserve said Friday, and interchange fees have been rising. In its biennial, statutorily mandated report on debit card transactions, summarizing [...]
Fed wants comments on new payment account, ‘tailored’ to meet ‘limited needs’ of banks, credit unions

December 19, 2025 0

A new “payment account” — tailored to meet the limited needs of eligible financial institutions seeking payments and settling services – is being considered by the Federal Reserve, and the agency said Friday it wants comments on the idea. In [...]
Banks’ Q3 trading revenue up 12.7% over year ago, OCC reports

December 19, 2025 0

U.S. commercial banks and savings associations had $18.4 billion in cumulative trading revenue in the third quarter of this year – $1.8 billion (10.9%) more than the previous quarter and $2.1 billion (12.7%) more than a year ago, the national [...]
Agency releases latest version of CECL accounting tool for use by small credit unions

December 19, 2025 0

The latest version of a tool for navigating current expect credit loss (CECL) accounting requirements for small, complex credit unions was released Thursday by the federal credit union regulator as part of a quarterly update. The tool is an option, [...]